World record holder Mondo Duplantis soared to a season-leading 6.03m in Rouen on Saturday, edging out rival and former Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie on his home ground. Duplantis, 21, easily cleared the height before attempting an ambitious assault on his own world record of 6.18m. READ MORE
PROVO, Utah – Sophomore All-American Zach McWhorter cleared 5.76m/18-10.75 to set a new BYU indoor record in the pole vault on Saturday at the BYU Cougar Indoor Invite II. McWhorter initially broke the school record with a vault of 5.71m/18-8.75 before clearing the bar 5 centimeters higher. The previous school…
International sports federation staff and athletes can be expected to face coronavirus testing or temperature checks before traveling to the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, upon arrival and regularly during the Games, organizers said Wednesday in publishing the first in a series of playbooks outlining virus countermeasures. The 32-page international sports…
With COVID-19 cases up and lags in vaccine rollout, can the Olympics be held safely? With COVID-19 cases surging in Japan and variants spreading globally, the last few weeks have seen a seesawing of headlines about the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. On one side, polls showed that more than 80 percent…
February and it’s looking like Covid-19 is and was a thing of the past. Many are ready to participate and somehow the regulations are all relaxed and ready to go. We at Vaulter Magazine feel bad for all the athletes that have had their careers ended by this pandemic over…
February 20, 2021 – If we have more then 75 entries, this will go into a two day event. We will jump on Friday and Saturday. All divisions are welcome! Elite, masters, college, high school, middle school, open. READ MORE
LUBBOCK, Texas – Ariadni Adamopoulou in the pole vault, Hannah Bradford in the weight throw and Juan Diego Castro in the 800 meters highlighted Oklahoma State’s first day at the Texas Tech Invitational and Multis. Following up her program-record setting performance from a week ago, Adamopoulou bested herself yet again,…
CLEMSON, S.C. – Saturday – Following a strong performance by the Hokies in the women’s pole vault final on Friday, the men’s group looked to post solid numbers Saturday afternoon. Jacob Rice reached 16′ 0.75″ (4.90m) to earn third place among all collegiate performers at the meet, and Joey Badalamenti matched…
Reagann LeLeux set an indoor school record in the women’s pole vault and Cole Courtois won the men’s pole vault with Nick Russell third as three former Teche Area high school standouts helped lead the University of Louisiana track team at the Louisiana Invitational Friday at LSU’s Carl Maddox Field…
TOPEKA, Kan. – Harding’s men finished first through fifth in the pole vault Friday at the Washburn Open earning 33 of the team’s 36 points. The 11th-ranked Bisons lead the meet after one day with competition set to resume Saturday morning. In the pole vault, freshman Dorian Chaigneau won the…
